Voyage Award

compiled & organised exclusively by

Trefoil Guild

for all its members, giving them a chance to create

their own adventures.

There are three Voyage Award levels:

Bronze

Silver

Gold

How it works

A certificate & metal badge will be awarded on completion of each level

When starting on a higher level individuals should try something new or extend the skill/activity done previously

An individual must complete the bronze before starting silver & silver before starting gold

Each level should take minimum of 12 months to complete (Bronze - 6 months)

Further information:

• Although this is

a personal challenge, individuals

can work as a group

in order to support & encourage each other

• A record of activities should be kept – using a log book

or file containing information, photos, leaflets, samples

of work, details of hours spent etc.

You will need to find a mentor – someone

who is interested in your subject:

The Mentor’s

Role

Your Mentor need not be a Trefoil

Guild member but must be someone

who has knowledge of or interest in

your chosen subject Your Mentor will

agree your plan with you and

offer any advice

Your Mentor must take an

interest in your activity and see that you carry it out as best as

you can

While you are carrying out your activity he or she will keep in touch

to discuss your progress

When your task is finished your Mentor

will sign the appropriate page in your record book and

may provide ‘confirmation of

completion’ for your evidence folder

You may have a different Mentor for each of the sections or you may have the

same Mentor for more than one

There are 5 sections to the award:

Service

Myself

Team work

Skills

Explore my

World

Service Time requirements over a minimum of 12 months are:

Bronze - 40 hours Silver - 60 hours Gold - 80 hours

Guiding/

Scouting:

Run or assist in a unit

Take on a new role

Find an opportunity to promote Guiding or

Scouting

Find an opportunity to work with a different

unit/section

Fundraising:

Make items to sell for charity

Find out about and/or apply for

grants

Participate in a sponsored event

Volunteer:

Volunteer as a helper with a charity, church, youth

organisations, charity shops

Become a regular visitor /befriender in a residential

home, hospital, night shelter or for an elderly or disabled

person.

Do some conservation work for RSPB, Woodland or

Wildlife Trust

Explore My World Time requirements over a minimum of 12 months are:

Bronze - 20 hours Silver - 40 hours Gold - 60 hours

Local:

Walk footpaths, assist

clearing

Raise awareness of local

issues

Support local people eg:

meals on wheels, soup

kitchen etc

Help with environmental

issues eg take action, raise

money, awareness,

Learn about local politics

Global: Travel to a foreign country

Cover a long distance path

Go somewhere you haven’t been

before

Find out about different cultures

Get involved with a global charity eg

fundraise, sponsor a child, school

Find out about global issues eg war

Take action

Myself Time requirements over a minimum of 12 months are:

Bronze - 40 hours Silver - 60 hours Gold - 80 hours

Mind:

Try something

new. Or perhaps

get a qualification

Develop Skills

Achieve a dream,

take up a new

hobby eg cross

stitch, baking and

so on.

Heritage: Explore family

history, history of

your house or where

you live

Personal

past/future

Record own

Guiding/Scouting

history or history of

both movements.

Body: Get fitter

Take up a new

physical activity

Explore

relaxation

therapies

Teamwork Time requirements over a minimum of 12 months are:

Bronze - 10 hours Silver - 20 hours Gold - 30 hours

Plan:

Fundraise for an

event/challenge

Take an

organisational role in

a project team

Sit on a committee

Organise an event

Participate: Take part in

- an event with other

members doing this

award

- in an existing project

- in an expedition

Join a sports team or

other group activity

Participate in a

Guiding/Scouting/Trefoil

event

Take on a specialised role

Time requirements:

Bronze: Plan &

participate in one

event of at least 2

hours

Silver: Plan &

participate in one or

more events of at least

4 hours

Gold: Plan &

participate in one or

more events of at least

8 hours

Skills Time requirements over a minimum of 12 months are:

Bronze - 20 hours Silver - 40 hours Gold - 60 hours

Learn a new

skill:

How to maintain a

car, makaton, drive,

go on a First Aid

course, take a drama

workshop, join a

drawing, painting or

pottery course, put

together flat pack

furniture…

Improve an

existing skill:

Join a singing circle,

improve your cooking

skills, go on an IT

course, polish up your

French or other

language, get a

Girlguiding or Scouting

qualification…

Sharing a skill with

others:

Share a hobby with your

Trefoil Guild, teach a

friend or Brownies or

Guides to knit, write an

online blog, join a

reading group, teach

children to dance, write

an article for the Trefoil

magazine about your

skills…

What you need to do:

• Download an application form from the website

• Or apply online via the website

• Or speak to your guild Chair

• Complete the online or paper form, and pay the

fee of £6 (per level) – details on how to pay are

on the relevant forms

The fee covers the cost of the handbook,

certificate and badge.

The next step:

Choose

your

activities

The lists

under each

section are

suggestions

only

Find a

mentor

Receive

book and

complete

activities

Someone who

is interested

in your

activity

Show your

mentor and

your region

programme

adviser